Odysseus
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 1, 2020 23:00:38 GMT
Tell us please.
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Post by elmerfudd on Aug 2, 2020 0:06:02 GMT
Worse, but not by a whole lot. But definitely not better.
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Post by archie on Aug 2, 2020 1:17:07 GMT
How do you want to call better off? Is it because we have more money? Is it because my children are doing fine. Is it because my youngest daughter and her husband are buying a house that cost a hundred thousand more than mine. Doing how fine. Healthy, safe and sound? Sounds good to me. My dogs are happy too. The only thing that is not fine with me, is the destruction by an enemy in my own country, and no one has done the right thing and killed the bastards.
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Odysseus
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 2, 2020 4:42:25 GMT
How do you want to call better off? Is it because we have more money? Is it because my children are doing fine. Is it because my youngest daughter and her husband are buying a house that cost a hundred thousand more than mine. Doing how fine. Healthy, safe and sound? Sounds good to me. My dogs are happy too. The only thing that is not fine with me, is the destruction by an enemy in my own country, and no one has done the right thing and killed the bastards.
Were you whining about such definitions when Reagan asked the same question back in 1980?
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Post by RWB on Aug 2, 2020 4:57:14 GMT
I had to say yes only because since Trump cut my taxes I have gotten 2 raises and am taking home more money and getting back more of my taxes the last couple of years. BUT I did OK under the obumbler too.
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bama beau
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Post by bama beau on Aug 2, 2020 5:57:10 GMT
I'm dying over here!
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Post by Lomelis on Aug 2, 2020 7:58:21 GMT
I would say no.
Economically yes. I'm better off. Been with the same company for years. Promotions, more pay, yada yada.
Socially no. I have to ride around with papers that state that I'm an -essential- employee. I've seen martial law declared. Curfews enforced. Businesses shuttered. Crime on the rise. And that's just my city. Edicts imposed through emergency order. No debate. No democracy. No republic. The worst is yet to come because the people in my state overwhelmingly support such stupidity.
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Post by crepe05 on Aug 2, 2020 12:49:20 GMT
How do you want to call better off? Is it because we have more money? Is it because my children are doing fine. Is it because my youngest daughter and her husband are buying a house that cost a hundred thousand more than mine. Doing how fine. Healthy, safe and sound? Sounds good to me. My dogs are happy too. The only thing that is not fine with me, is the destruction by an enemy in my own country, and no one has done the right thing and killed the bastards.
Were you whining about such definitions when Reagan asked the same question back in 1980?
You aren't comparing yourself or anyone else on the board with Reagan, are you?
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Odysseus
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 3, 2020 3:59:55 GMT
Were you whining about such definitions when Reagan asked the same question back in 1980?
You aren't comparing yourself or anyone else on the board with Reagan, are you?
Wow.
I didn't think even you could ask such a stupid question.
But you did.
Go figure.
Maybe it's that Trump tea you've been guzzling?
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Odysseus
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 4, 2020 2:12:44 GMT
I would say no. Economically yes. I'm better off. Been with the same company for years. Promotions, more pay, yada yada. Socially no. I have to ride around with papers that state that I'm an -essential- employee. I've seen martial law declared. Curfews enforced. Businesses shuttered. Crime on the rise. And that's just my city. Edicts imposed through emergency order. No debate. No democracy. No republic. The worst is yet to come because the people in my state overwhelmingly support such stupidity. Sounds like NJ.
Why do you and Lomelissa hate democracy?
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Post by phillip on Aug 4, 2020 3:14:46 GMT
Unless you are a billionaire or in one of the few industries that are flourishing this year, it’s highly likely you are lying if you say you are better off now than 4 years ago. Economic numbers would definitely back that up.
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Post by Lomelis on Aug 4, 2020 6:54:29 GMT
Why do you and Lomelissa hate democracy?
If we have a system of governance where we simply have to except that someone elses idea is going to be imposed through force whether through Democratic, autocratic, or whatever mish mash of systems then I simply want -good-governance to be involved. The issue I have with you, and the other average voters in general, is that you all are a bunch of hypocrites that don't give a damn about good governance at all. You vote for the worst candidates possible, you don't care about the Democratic principles you supposedly hold dear. All you care about is if your policies are being implemented through any means necessary. And they are typically shit policies that undermine freedom, want to crush civilization, naive, and want to burden every other generation with our excess. It's fucking horribly immoral. You don't understand contracts or constitutional laws, you don't understand the economy, and you don't understand people. All you want is to impose your will. There is nothing democratic about it. You will support any violation of democracy as long as the policy you support is implemented. The difference between us is that I'm not trying to impose my will on anyone.
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Odysseus
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 4, 2020 7:02:38 GMT
Unless you are a billionaire or in one of the few industries that are flourishing this year, it’s highly likely you are lying if you say you are better off now than 4 years ago. Economic numbers would definitely back that up.
The new American conservative paradigm seems to be that's OK to lie if it disproportionately helps the very wealthy at the expense of the lower income brackets.
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